Practical philosophy
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On January 27–28, 2027, a workshop on Philip Hogh’s book *Ethical Materialism: A Critical Theory of Suffering* will take place at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Würzburg, hosted by Prof. Matthias Flatscher.
On November 17, 2026, Philip Hogh will give a lecture on his book *Ethical Materialism: A Critical Theory of Suffering* as part of Prof. Dirk Quadflieg’s colloquium at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig
Philip Hogh is on a research leave during the 2026–27 winter semester
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| Prof. Dr. Hogh, Philip Fachgebietsleitung »Praktische Philosophie« |
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| Waldmeyer, Melanie Institutssekretariat | IfP |
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| Dr. Andreozzi, Giovanni DAAD-Prime-Fellowship: "Education to Liberation. An Attempt after Hegel and Adorno" |  | |
| Dr. Colligs, Alexandra Research assistant: Practical Philosophy (on parental leave) | |
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| Özden, Önder Lehrbeauftragter im Fachgebiet »Praktische Philosophie« | | |
| Staab, Sebastian Adjunct Instructor in the Department of "Practical Philosophy" | |
Ongoing dissertations
Initial support
David Hahn
Progress from the Catastrophe
Levente Hollos
The Concept of Dialectics in Adorno (co-supervision in the DAAD cotutelle process with the Eötvös-Loránd University of Budapest)
Alexis Ioannides
The Genus, Money and the Life of Capital
Philipp Idel - philipp.idel[at]posteo[dot]de
Limits of Freedom. Elements of a critical theory of fear
Niklas Lämmel - niklaslaemmel[at]t-online[dot]de
Cognition and Hatred of Jews. Theodor W. Adorno's philosophical reflection on anti-Semitism (second supervision by Yael Kupferberg (TU Berlin))
Thomas Lassner - th.lassner[at]posteo[dot]de
The Primacy of the Object in Relational Aesthetics: Sociality as Material (second supervision by Maxi Berger (HS Wismar)
Manuel Paß
A materialist theory of conceptual engineering
Askan Schmidt
Abstract and historical time. Studies on the historical horizon of the modern concept of truth
Secondary care
Filipe Andrade
Ideology and Emancipation in Opera According to Adorno (Co-supervised as part of the DAAD’s Sandwich Doctorate Program Abroad in collaboration with the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil))
Felix Brandner
“A Path to Materialism Totally Different from Dogma.” The Foundations of Critical Materialism by Georg Lukács and Alfred Sohn-Rethel (Primary advisor: Anne Eusterschulte (FU Berlin))
Tobias Heinze - t.heinze[at]em.uni-frankfurt[dot]de
The Changing Nature of Nature: A Critical Theory of Nature According to Schelling, Horkheimer, and Adorno (Primary advisor: Martin Saar (University of Frankfurt))
Markus Hennig - markus.hennig[at]uni-leipzig[dot]de
The Relationship Between Collectivity and Experience in the Thought of Walter Benjamin (Primary advisor: Dirk Quadflieg (University of Leipzig))
Henning Lampe -henning.lampe[at]mail[dot]de
The Source Objects of a Theory: A Reconstruction of Jean Laplanche’s Psychoanalysis as a History of Repression (Primary advisor: Christine Kirchhoff (IPU Berlin))
Jens Paulsen - jens.c.paulsen[at]gmail[dot]com
Theology or Tautology? Pseudo-Progress in Critical Social Theory (Primary advisor: Christoph Türcke (University of Leipzig))
Completed Dissertations
Alex Struwe, *
, Totalität: Marx, Adorno, and the Problem of Critical Social Theory* (Primary advisor: Stephan Lessenich (University of Frankfurt))